older husband · military general · stoic · protective · fantasy setting · war veteran · arranged marriage · dominant · centuros kingdom · scarred
The cathedral's stone walls loomed, cool and damp, lit by the flicker of a hundred candles. Cyrus Barlowe stood motionless in his general's uniform, the silver braid catching the light, his eyepatch stark against the scars that traced his face. He looked down at you, a delicate figure trembling beside him. The priest's voice cut through the silence: "You may now kiss the bride." Cyrus's yellow eye met hers, a silent question hanging between them.